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Oncemore Mbeve
Oncemore Mbeve holds a BA in Social Work and Masters of Arts in Psychology Research and Coursework and is currently enrolled for a PhD at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS).
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Elsa Oliveira
Elsa Oliveira (current, since 2014, PhD in Migration & Displacement) PhD title: Sex work, migration and structural violence. Supervisors: Jo Vearey and EJ Milne, University of Coventry & ACMS Research Associate
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Ntokozo Yingwana
Ntokozo Yingwana (current since 2017,PhD in Migration and Displacement)
Dissertation: Sex Work, Migration and Sexuality: how does migration influence sex workers’ sexuality?.
Supervisor: Ingrid Palmary
Edward Govere
Edward Govere is a PhD candidate in Migration and Displacement and a doctoral fellow at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS). His research interests include migration and health; refugee studies; transnational migration; mental health; integration policies; public health; disability and governance of HIV/AIDS. His current research work focuses on how international migrants of African descent who reside in South Africa experience and negotiate othering practices in the context of South Africa’s public health system. Edward received his bachelor’s degree in Social Work from
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Melanie Bisnauth
Melanie Bisnauth is a PhD student at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in the School of Public Health in collaboration with ACMS.
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Pinky Mahlangu
Pinky Mahlangu (current, since 2011 – PhD, Public Health) PhD title: A multi- level and multi-sectoral governance response to health and development challenges: a case of HIV and AIDS in urban informal settlements. Supervisors: Jo Vearey, ACMS and Dr. Liz Thomas, University of Fort Hare
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Janet Munakamwe
Janet Munakamwe (current, Migration & Displacement) PhD title: Emerging political subjectivities in a post migrant labour regime: Mobilisation, participation and representation of foreign workers in South Africa (1980-2013).
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Theresa Sommers
Theresa Sommers (current, since 2014, PhD in Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts, Boston) PhD title: Experiencing Migration: Understanding the Health and Well Being of Youth Migrants in South Africa. ACMS Committee member: Jo Vearey
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Greta Schuler
Greta Schuler (current, since 2014, PhD in Creative Writing) PhD title: Tricky Business Supervisors: Jo Vearey and Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Creative Writing
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Kuda Vanyoro
Kuda Vanyoro (current, since 2015, PhD in Migration & Displacement)PhD in Migration & Displacement) PhD tittle: Liminal space, temporal disruptions: Exploring the social regulation of (im) mobile Zimbabwean migrants in Musina, South Africa Supervisor: Jo Vearey
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Thea de Gruchy
Thea de Gruchy (current, since 2016, PhD in Migration & Displacement) PhD title: Exploring the creation of policy in South Africa: migrant labour and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Supervisors: Jo Vearey and Anuj Kapilashrami, University of Edinburgh
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